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Life & Adventures of Santa Claus | 
 enlarge | Directors: Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
Actors: Earl Hammond, Earle Hyman, Larry Kenney, Lynne Lipton, Bob Mcfadden
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: Video
Buy New: $129.99
New (2) Used (5) from $29.50
Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 2546
Format: Animated, Color, Hifi Sound, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 50 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6301760344
UPC: 012569071131
EAN: 9786301760348
ASIN: 6301760344
Theatrical Release Date: December 17, 1985
Release Date: September 26, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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This bizarre, pagan take on the Santa Claus legend, which is based on a story by L. Frank Baum (The Wizard of Oz), was produced and directed by Rankin and Bass, the reigning kings of the Christmas special (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), using their brand of puppet animation. In the forest of Burzee, the immortals gather to discuss the fate of Santa Claus. Found when he was an abandoned baby by the Great Ak (a wizard with big wooden horns on his head), the boy was named Claus because that means "little one" in the language of the forest. Raised by immortals and knowing nothing but peace and harmony, the adolescent Claus is taken on a tour of the mortal world by the Great Ak, and he discovers the world is rife with misery and injustice. This is when he decides he will dedicate his life to making kids happy, and he learns the best way to do this is to give them toys. After years of service, the immortals must decide whether or not to give him eternal life. Indeed, this is a very strange Christmas tale. --Andy Spletzer
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 Yet another holiday season passes and NO DVD December 16, 2008
P. Furr (Richmond, Virginia United States)
The Adventures of Santa Clause was my favorite Rankin-Bass holiday special and I have dvd's of them all but THIS one--WHEN is Warner Bros going to get around to a DVD release? Let's not hear about how pagan or irreverent it would be either--that doesn't wash anymore with the current holiday enteretainment out there for the public indulgence. No air time on TV makes me jonesing for a DVD of this delightful show more now than when I was a kid.
Another Warner Bros Boxed set of Holiday Classics?? April 30, 2008
Captain (Texas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I heard a rumor that WB was going to put out another DVD BOXED SET of Christmas "lost" classics - ALL Stop motion Rankin/Bass!!
1. Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
2. Pinocchio's Christmas
3. The First Christmas
4. The Little Drummer Boy: Book 2
5. Leprechaun's Christmas Gold
But what about Jack Frost?? Hopefully that will be included too. Seems to me that Jack Frost should be included in this set. Wow do I ever hope this is true! I'll stand in line for this Boxed set!!
UPDATE: A new WB Box set is out (OCT 08), BUT...it is the same as last year's except that Leprechaun's Christmas and Pinocchio's Christmas, along with a traditional animation of Stingest man in town has been added. Jack Frost just got released as a seperate DVD, not part of the new Box set. Yes folks, only three are still missing of the R&B Stop motion Christmas classics....(1, 3, and 4 above)
Hear, hear on the push for DVD! December 23, 2007
C. Raterman (picksburgh, pa)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Similar to the rest of us here, I'm looking forward to a DVD version of this film! I had forgotten about it until today when my brother and I racked our brains trying to come up with the name of the film. Finding it is great... owning the DVD would rock!
Please bring this to DVD! December 16, 2007
Heather Cuthill (Calgary, Alberta Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Of all the Rankin Bass productions, this is my favorite. I dig out my VHS copy every Christmas, and every Christmas I search Amazon in the hopes that the DVD will finally be available. But not so far. When I see some of the dopey and horrible things that ARE out on DVD, I can only hope that sooner or later good taste will prevail and we'll finally be rewarded with this one!
When will they put this on DVD?! December 6, 2007
Bklyn gal (Bklyn, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is truly one of the great Christmas classics. Done with stop motion animation, it tell s the story of how Santa Claus the being became Santa Claus the immortal.Abandoned as a baby and left to grow up amongst the elves and other magical woodland creatures of the forrest, Claus' world was sheltered. When he is of a certain age, the Great Ack takes him a magical ride where he bares witness to the "humanity" of the mortal world. Others, particularly other children were not as lucky as he. So, he sets out to make a difference in this flawed world, to give hope to the hopeless. Over the years he overcomes many obstacles, bringing joy and merriemnt to the children of his town and the neighboring villages. Claus becomes an old man, tired and weary from his life's work. He has one last sleigh ride, and will not live to see another Christmas. The Great Ack must make a decision, along with the council of Woodland Creatures, reviewing whether or not Claus is deserving of their most precious gift, never before given to a being outside of their magic realm- the gift of immortality!
This is truly a wonderful tale- a story of man who loved the act of giving more than his self, a man who dedicated his life to the joy and innocence of children. The animation is beautiful. I had this on VHS as a child, and am waiting eagerly for SOMEONE to bring this classic Christmas tale to DVD.
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